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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, May 1, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
COST
$750/week “favored nations”
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles in both
BEDROOM FARCE
and
BROKEN GLASS
see breakdown
Preparation
Preparation: Please prepare a 2 minute monologue. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Other
Actors of all cultural backgrounds strongly encouraged to attend
Personnel
Artistic Director: Mark Lamos for Westport Country Playhouse
Associate Producer/Director of Production: David Dreyfoos
Artistic and Management Coordinator: Chad Kinsman
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
BEDROOM FARCE
By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by John Tillinger
1st reh: 7/31 (All rehearsals in Westport)
Tech: 8/21-8/23. Previews: 8/25-8/28. Opens: 8/29. Closes: 9/13
Ernest: This role is cast
Delia: This role is cast
Trevor: This role is cast
Susannah: This role is cast
Seeking:
Kate:
(note: This role has been offered but not presently accepted). Malcolm’s wife. Finding herself in the middle of uncomfortable situations, she begrudgingly rises to the occasions with understanding. She is straight-forward and uncomplicated, though she does worry about being too normal and unexciting. She has learned to give as good as she gets from Malcolm.
Malcolm:
Male, mid 30s to mid 40s. Kate’s husband. A little immature, he and Kate enjoy a mutually antagonistic, though playful, relationship. Likes to work with his hands, doing renovations of dubious quality around the house. Comfortable playing the traditional role of husband, though his ego can be fragile. Occasionally need to be propped up by Kate.
Nick:
Male, mid 30s to mid 40s. A busy international businessman, an early morning back injury while putting on his socks leaves him bedridden and at his worst for much of the play. A little melodramatic, he is prone to outbursts and insults. Jan’s continued connection to Trevor leaves him feeling jealous and insecure.
Jan:
Female, mid 30s to mid 40s. Nick’s wife, and Trevor’s former girlfriend, for whom she still carries a small latent interest. Phlegmatic, upfront, and at time sarcastic, she’s not above lecturing and trying to fix people other people. Equally matched with Nick, she still puts up much abuse from him.
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BROKEN GLASS
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Mark Lamos
1st reh: 9/8 (1st day of rehearsal in Westport. All subsequent rehearsals in NYC)
Tech: 10/2-10/4. Previews: 10/6-10/9. Opens: 10/10. Closes: 10/25
Seeking:
Phillip Gellberg
male, early 40s: Head of the mortgage department for Brooklyn Guarantee and Trust Company. Though proud to be the only Jewish employee, he is obsessed with assimilating, overreacts to perceived slights, and anticipates being discriminated against. His longtime impotency has created tension in his marriage, and contributes further to his emasculation and self-doubt.
Sylvia Gellberg
female, early 40s: Phillip’s attractive and talented wife. She is intellectually curious, sensitive, and well-informed, though not formally educated. She gave up a fulfilling job when she married Phillip and raised their one son. Reading newspaper accounts of anti-Semitism in Germany, culminating in Kristallnacht, has caused paralysis from her waist down.
Dr. Harry Hyman
male, 40s: A successful physician, he is also a virile and logical man, determined to understand and help with Sylvia’s condition. An equestrian, he is also reputed to have been something of a lady’s man even after he married. Deliberate, an espoused socialist and secular humanist, he compares himself to famous literary doctors Somerset Maugham and Anton Chekhov.
Margaret Hyman
female, 40s: Dr. Hyman’s non-Jewish wife and assistant. A vivacious women who traveled to Brooklyn from Minnesota, she met Dr. Hyman while he interned at Mount Sinai Hospital. Supportive of her husband and his practice, she is sensible and speaks her mind freely.
Harriet
female, late 30s: Sylvia’s younger sister. She is concerned but confused about the nature of Sylvia’s ailment. More comfortable with the traditional, limited role of housewife, she helps Sylvia with household chores and grocery shopping. She is conflicted about Phillip, as she has witnessed both his love and anger towards Sylvia.
Stanton Case
male, 60s: President of Brooklyn Guarantee and Trust Company and Phillip’s boss. An established, White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant businessman, he appears oblivious to his deep-seated prejudices. He is the example of success by which Phillip measures his own life and career.
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